Who Should I Trade?

Matt Gage for Rafael Montero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 374	‐
VBR	# 969	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	14
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.17
WHIP	1.42	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 357	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 430	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	27.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	5.60	‐

WHIP	1.65	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.4	15.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	8	14

Earned Runs	4	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	14

Walks	3	7

ERA	4.40	4.17

WHIP	1.42	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Montero (personal) joined New York as a non-roster invitee with plans to compete for a bullpen position during spring games. Visa complications have prevented him from arriving at Yankees camp. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The New York Yankees signed Rafael Montero to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Gage RP - SF			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Tue, Jun 16th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Gage for Rafael Montero (2026)

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